What Happened To Flor Pileña, The 'Queen Of The Beer' Who Opted For Her Own Songs?

pilena flower, the ‘Queen of Brew’, She belongs to the Olympus of deities of Peruvian folk music who were pioneers in the art of huayno with harp, as were Alicia Delgado, Perlita de Huaral and Muñequita Sally, to name a few. In August 2019, the Peruvian Congress once again recognized her career as a composer and singer-songwriter along with other artists, such as Amanda Portales, the ‘Peru Girlfriend’; Betty Vega, ‘Chinita Cordillerana’; and Monica Yangali, ‘Monica de los Andes’.

Songs by Flor Pileña, the ‘Queen of the beer’

With a career without scandals or controversy in his 41 years of artistic life, Haydee Elva Quispe Solisreal name of pilena flowercomposes and sings long-suffering verses of love and heartbreak, of the sorrow of the provincial migrant and heartbreaking passages of his existence, as in “I am an orphan”: “In other houses they laugh and sing for joy / while I cry for my mother.”

Interestingly, before being called pilena flower, her dream was to be a physical education teacher. She worked as a domestic employee, studied at night and sang in schools. This experience was reflected in his song “The first kiss”. “Leaving my land / leaving my parents / I came to Lima in search of progress / Thinking of finding a nice future / Instead, I found that life is hard”.

She soon met her husband, the harpist Hector Ramos. Both were from San Pedro de Pilas (Yauyos). They decided to work together and made their debut at a country party where they were baptized as pilena flower and the ‘Idol Pileño’.

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Flor Pileña is a prolific composer, hers are the songs “Corazón de piedra”, “Falsa”, “Mi vida ya no es vida”, “La calabaza”, “Flor marchita”, “Río Mala”, “Yesterday you offered me ”, “Leave it, please”, “Single mother”, “I’m afraid to love you”. She also the hualina (ritual song to call the rain) “Caminito a Huancashina” to honor the town of San Juan de Iris (Huarochirí).

One of his greatest hits is “Friend, don’t drink anymore”, topic for which Apdayc (Peruvian Association of Authors and Composers) awarded him a musical emerald. But the song that made Flor Pileña famous is undoubtedly “Because of you”, renamed as “Little beer” by his letter: “Cervecita, bitter liquor / You are guilty of my misfortune”, and that it was reinterpreted by Los Shapis in chicha version.

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What happened to Flor Pileña, the ‘Queen of the beer’?

In July 2022, pilena flower She underwent surgery for a gallbladder problem. After 15 days of rest, she returned to the stage. And until the end of the year she remained active with presentations along with other artists such as Ruth del Perú, Sosimo Sacramento, Fresialinda ‘La Dulzura del Amor’, Brunella Torpoco, Dina Paucar, Lucía de la Cruz and La Bella Luz.

What happened to Flor Pileña, the ‘Queen of the beer’ who opted for her own songs?

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